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, 1887-09-23

The real estate agent met the man at
the depot, who had invested in the new
Dakota town by mail, and after a twenty
mile ride across the prairie, he said to
him:
"We are now exactly in the center of
Metropolis City"
WHAT" yelled the Spectator, Il
don't see but three housesl''
.'Of course-I live in one, tie news
paper is printed in another and the post
office is in the othef."
land where are all the railroads | saw
on the map?"
Coming, sir, all of them coming. No
mistake about it, because l am president
of each company"
"But are those lots 1 bought right here
by the postoffice?"
Such questions make me tired. Nc,
sir, those lots by the p~ostoffice are for the
chamber of commerce, and all the others
around here are business lots. You
bought residence lots-they are beyond
the slough and over the hill, about a
mile from here. You don't want to live
right in the heart of a city, do you? BY
the way, 1 keep a hotel as well as a real
estate office-do you want to stay with
me tonight, or will you lay out? If you
want to stop with me you'll have to pay
in ADVANCE don't like the looks of your
baggage. Dakota Bell.
, 1887-09-23

h Rev. Mr.. Metcalfe, in his book on
Iceland, gives an account Of the geysers
of hat country, and adds an explanation
of their occurrence which is worthy of
notice. He pitched his tent within
twenty yards of the great geyser, but as
that was only bubhling and boiling,
without an explosion TO send up a column
of water, he removed to a smaller spring
called the Strokr.
80 we proceed" says he, ''to this
spring, which is 100 PAGES south of the
great geyser, and, although it has no
cone, but rises from the flat, is the more
picturesque of the two. Forthwith we
collect handfuls of turf and stones, and
throw them into the Strokr's pipe; but
nothing seemed to move him. The waters
below grunted and snarled like a baited
badger, but were not to be drawn.
In the sulks, said 1, laughingly, as
stood with my back to the orifice.
Here he comes!' shrieked one of the
party, as | heard a hiss like a rocket dis
engaging itself from its stick. Rush for
your life!' and rush l did; but, my foot
catching, down l fell.
Boiled alive" was my instantaneous
thought. The seething waters will de-
scend and overwhelm me- And SO they
N'uli nave hOit udu uOl Tie Will DeeH
from my side of the spout, and carried
the waters in the other direction.
What a sight! A column of turbid
water, never ending, still beginning, darts
into the air at least one hundred feet,
bearing along with it all the unwhole-
some food with which we had been load
ing the creatures NAV.
THE physical reason for the discharge,
which is a feature common to several of
the lcelandic hot springs, is pretty well
understood. The pipe, which is forty
eigth feet deep, diminishes from six feet,
its breadth at the top, to eleven inches at
the bottom. The injected mass of stones
and other material acts like the shutting
of a safety valve; the steam has not a
proper vent; it collects rapidly in the
subterranean chambers that arch over
the fountains of the great deep until they
are charged to bursting, and suddenly
driving Jack the continually ~encroaching
waters, they lift off the obstruction, and
rush into mid air with the velocity of a
missile from the chamber of an Arm
strong gun, and are often illumined, as
on the present occasion, by a beautiful
iris.
"And where does all the water come
fromr That, too, is easy of explanation.
1t is the drainage of the hills around,
which, meeting heated surfaces, gets to
the boiling point, and explodes when it
has a chance. Youths Companion.
, 1887-09-23

AT a meeting of the American China
tological association, held in Baltimore,
DIR. Loomis, of Now York, read a D
on evergreen forests as a therapeutic
agent in pulmonary phthisis, in which
he said that it had long been known that
similar climates, as determined by geo.
graphical and meteorological conditions,
have different therapeutic effects. 1t is
becoming more apparent that there is
some relation between the development
of organisms and atmospheric conditions.
Cold and high attitudes render the air
aseptic; but the degree of cold and the
height required are SO great, that elm
ically it is not possible to derive much
benefit from this fact. The effect of a
purely aseptic air Upon Lucrative pro-
cesses is not SO great as the effect of an
atmosphere which is aseptic on account
of the presence of antiseptic agents. The
belief in the good effects of pine forests
in cases of phthisis is quite unanimous,
and the clinical evidence in favor of
their beneficial influence is unquestioned.
The atmosphere in such regions is not
only aseptic, but also a~ntiseptic. Such
an atmosphere contains considerable tur-
pentine vapor, and we should therefore
expect it to contain a certain amount of
peroxide of hydrogen.
The majority of cases of phthisis die,
not directly from the LESSONS in the lung.
but from the secondary septicamia and
pyemia which are set up. 1t is impossi-
BILE to apply to the alterations within the
lung the antiseptic washing and dressing
that is employed in external LESSONS; but,
if an a%ntiseptic atmosphere can be OBJ
tanned, we may hope to counterfeit the
secondary poisoning. Such an atmos-
phere will not destroy the bacilli, but it
will accomplish much in the way of ar
resting the suppurative process. The at
mosphere in the region of evergreen for
ests acts in a manner similar to the anti
septic agents which are successfully used
to arrest suppurative processes in other
portions of the body; and, in all proba-
bility, the active agent is peroxide of
hydrogen resulting from the oxidation of
the turpentine vapor.-Science.
, 1887-09-23

Jessie Benton Fremont, famous for her
beauty when she made her nav
match with the army lieutenant, in her
maturer womanhood is hardly less capt..
waiting OIL interesting than in her younger
period. Tall and with grace of move
ment, she reflects IN face and form the
mellowed tints of that which, when a
belle, was in it glow. The contour of
a C and head is queenly. In profile, tho
forehead, nose and mouth are perfect in
Grecian mold. Her face, in p is
sweet, confiding and matronly. The
thick hair hat covers her head is of the
purest white, but she still looks youthful,
nevertheless.
I'VE are roughing it here she said
as she entered the parlor. Here we
find quiet, and the general much pleasure
in preparing the manuscript for the sec
ond volume of his book. He has gone to
New York today to see his publishers
L asked Mrs. Fremont if the general.
in view of his advancing years, showed
any cause of breaking down.
Not a bit of it" was her CHEEKY an
swer ''The general is n years of age,
but he is yet a young man. I feel for
him sweltering this hot day in New
York. But in his work and purposes he
is as young as ever. In the preparation
of his book he dictates much of it to me.
Lille, my daughter, is somewhat prof.
Gent with the typewriter, so that the
publishers get the manuscript in the best
of FORM"
L then led the conversation up to her
father. At once Mrs. Fremont became
enthusiastic. Apparent was it that the
old time favorite son of Missouri was
her idol. 81 keep posted on politics
now" she said; ''but 1 do not take the
interest l once did. You see we are be-
tween the stages of politics. The ques-
tons at issue between the parties are not
as absorbing as they were when the ques-
ton of slavery was a constant agitation.
Now we nave the tariff. 1 can recall
delegation after delegation calling on
father discussing the pros and cons of it.
l once said to him: Why do these men
talk of the tariff Why not something
else?' His answer was the tariff and
its adjustment would ever be an import
ant question. To me the talk of the
crops, SC much repeated, often became a
bore. My father once said good crops
enable the kings to squeeze the people
o1t of more taxes, and bad crops pro-
voked revolution. Quite a way of illus
trating," she added, with a laugh.-Cor.
Boston Globe.
, 1887-09-23

''Ten years ago only one store in a
hundred had what is known as a tea
faster; now there is no tea house of any
importance whatever which has not in
one of its employees a good tea faster, "
said a large wholesale tea dealer. "a
thousand chests of tea will be received;
the tea faster then gets in his work. A
little tea is taken and put in a scale; just
enough to balance a five cent piece. 1t
is then placed in cups and boiling water
is poured over the tea. The faster then
takes a sip from each cup and writes
down on a piece of paper his idea Of its
worth.
mo two t~asters, however, agree t. the
value of tea, especially the black Oolong,
which is mostly drank in this CITY,"
docs the tea have any injurious effect
on the tasterP"
Sometimes he will get hold of a posi-
lively rank grade, and then he will spit
it out as soon as he can. Frequent tast-
ing often makes a man very nervous,
and most of these men soon acquire q
positive dislike for tea and drink nothing
but coffee. There are connoisseurs of tea
as well as whisky. "-Philadelphia News.
, 1887-09-23

VIM. Welsh, the unfortunate paralytic
who has been lying in the city jail sew
eral days, was moved to the womans' de-
partment by a humane officer yesterday,
and was afterward visited by a couple OF
charitable ladies who sought to relieve
his sufferings.
As stated yesterday. the man will un.
doubtedly die ifleft in jail without attend.
ance, Neither this city nor Laramie
county are bankrupt. Were WEIGH
placed in a clean bed and dieted upon
wholesome food for a week or ten days
his condition would probably be greatly
improved. This should be done. Were
the authorities so inclined it would be
simply brutal to ship the man a few hun
dred miles east or west. So helpless is
he that it would be necessary to carry
him to the cars and load and unload him
like so much inanimate merchandise.
, 1887-09-23

Log huts are commonly called ''shan-
ties, y and a curse of the bush districts of
Australia is the ''grog shanty, an insti-
tuition only too common. A hand en-
ployed on a sheep or cattle station, when
he receives his periodical check from his
employer, will often forthwith make
tracks" for the nearest ''grog shanty,"
and remain there until the whole of his
hardly earned pay is consumed in drink.
Should he meet kindred spirits there the
money will, probably, be o dissipated
by the process of shouting" Each man
in turn ''shouts"-that is to say, stands
treat to the rest of the gathering. When
the money is gone the bushman, a sadder
If not a wiser man, will return to his
work on the station and begin to earn the
wherewithal for another such debauch.
Shouting is n very common colonial
expression for standing treat to strangers.
A frequent invitation is to take a ..long
sleeved 'un, that is, a drink from a long
pint plass. In the early days of the gold
fever sue hospitality was often practiced
IN a very -extravagant scale.
1t may be noted, by the way, that
''inns" do not exist in Australia; every
house of refreshment is hotel. " 1t may
be only a wooden shanty up country or
it may rise to the dignity of a galvanized
iron erection in a small township, or,
finally, it may be o palatial building in q
capital city; but the name remains the
same. A native of New South Wales is
known as a ''cornstalk," because the
men generally grow tall and thin. The
opposite kind of build, short and thick
set, is called ''nuggetty." A ''gum
sucker is q native of Tasmania and
owes his elegant nickname to the abun-
dance of gum trees in the Tasmanian
forests. A native of Queensland is a
banana lander" Joey is a familiar
name for anything young or small, and
is applied indifferently to a puppy or O
kitten or a child, while a wood and
water joey" is n hanger about hotels and
doer Of odds jobs.-An the Year Round.
, 1887-09-23
Tho Maiden Assurance Company.

In Denmark thTre is a society known
as b Maiden assurance company; its
aim is to provide for lsdies of well to do
families. 1t shelters and cares for them,
and furnishes them with ''pin money"
Its methods are thus described: The
n~obleman-for the association is peculi-
arly for this class-as soon as a female
child is born, enrolls her lame in a GER
tain association of noble families and
pays n certain sum, and thereafter a
fixed annual amount to the society,
When she has reached the age of, we be-
leve, 81 she becomes entitled to q fixed
income, N to a suite of apartments in a
large building of the association, with
gardens and park about it, inhabited by
other young or older noble ladies who
have in like manner, become members.
If her father should die in her youth,
and she should desire it, she has shelter
in this building and, at a time fixed, her
income. When she dies or marries all
this right to income lapses, and the
money paid in swells the endowment of
the association. Her father may pay for
twenty years and then her marriage cuts
off all advantage of the insurance. But
this very chance must enable the COM
pany to charge lower annual premiums
and make the burden less on the father
insuring. He has, at any rate, the
pleasant feeling that his small annual
payments are insuring his daughters
future and giving her a comfortable
home and income after he is gone. 1t is
obvious that the chances for marriage
among q given number of women can be
calculated as closely as those of death.
The plan has worked well for generations
in Copenhagen.-Home Jorunal.
, 1887-09-23

The superstition that human beings
should sleep with their heads to the north
is believed by the French to have for its
foundation a scientific TACT. They affirm
that each human system is in itself an
electric battery, the head being one of
the electrodes, the feet the other. Their
proof was discovered from experiments
which the Academy Of Sciences was al
lowed to make on the body of a man who
was guillotined. This was taken the in
slant it fell and placed upon a pivot free
to move as it might. The head part,
after a little vacillation, turned to the
north, and the body then remained sta
tionary. 1t was turned half way round
by one of the professors, and again the
head end of the trunk moved slowly to
the cardinal point due north, the same re-
suits being repeated until the final arres-
tation of organic movement.-New York
Star.
, 1887-09-23

A number of barren gray powders
formed the first and rather disappointing
impression of Sweden. The next morn
ing, for miles along the shore, these bald
granite islets, some small, some large, lie
in serried rows with deep water between
them and the mainland-a convenient
arrangement that should be appreciated
by yachtsmen, since it affords vessels of
ordinary size an opportunity for coasting
agreeably in smooth water, even when
the Kattegat or the Skager Rack outside
are in a mood severely unpleasant
Cornhill Magazine.
, 1887-09-23

"Say, Jimmy, do you see de nickel?"
said a newsboy to another as they stood
over a grating in Spruce street, beneath
which a shining nickel lay.
The discovery attracted a crowd of
youngsters. All had suggestions to offer
as to how to secure the coin. The graf
ing was SO fine that they could not use
their hands to reach the nickel, and they
could think of no plan to get it. A sug-
gestion to ask permission from the owner
of the store to go down the cellar and
get it was secuted. The boys were afraid
that he would claim it. Finally one of
the boys withdrew and returned with a
lath tipped with tar. He poked it down
the grating, and in a second had the
coin in his possession.-New York Even
ing Sun.
, 1887-09-23
The Prince of Wales is the honorary
admiral of the British fleet.
Very RemarknbIe recovery.

Mr.. Geo. V. Willing, of Manchester,
Mich, writes: MY wife has been almost
helpless for five years, so helpless that she
could not turn over in bed alone. She
used two bottles of Electric Bitters, and is
so much improved that she is able now to
do her own work" Electric Bitters will
do all that is claimed for them. Hum
dreds of testimonials attest their great Gu
ratiye powers. Only City cents a bottle
at W. n. Hunts
, 1887-09-23
TIL. "omoe Boy. Question.

Our reformers would do well to take
cognizance of the ''offioe boy question.
1t Ii no small one, either. 1t affects
very branch of business. 1t is a diff
CRIT thing nowadays % get hold of a good
u ice boy. Out of fifty applicants
not more than three or four will be
worth considering. The boys of today
sCcm to lack ambition and make little
effort to advance themselves. Most boys,
even at the age of IA or Is, begin life
sadly provided in the way of education,
being o writer's and spoilers and
knowing nothing of grammar. 1t is the
lack of earnestness that is deplorable.
They can keep posted on baseball, horse
races and prize fights, but that's about
all they care for.
Occasionally one meets with a bright
boy, quick at figures and intelligent, but
these boys develop tendencies which
make it unsafe to trust them with money,
80 great are the temptations to a boy who
has not been grounded right when he
was at his mothers knee. This is es-
pecially SO of city boys who are always
the answerers Of want advertisements.
Country Toys cannot afford to live in the
city on So or 81 a week. Country boys
are much more useful than city reared
lads, because they have plenty Of ambi-
ton. If they haven't at first, a few
months in the city will arouse it. Alone
in a big city a country boy will naturally
be spurred on by his very lonesomeness.
/ do not think the fault is in the small
ness of the wages paid, as a business man
will pay extra for a good, No. / boy. 1
am afraid the cause lies deeper.-Busi-
ness Man in Globe-D Democrat.
, 1887-09-23

Preparations are being made at the
Chiselhurst Roman Catholic church for
the removal of the sa~rcophagus of the
late Emperor Napoleon III and the body
of the late prince imperial to the new
m%ausoleum which ex-Empress Eugene
has built at Marlborough. AS at present
arranged, the emperor's coffin is to be
removed from the sarcophagus, and to
remain at Chiselhurst for a few weeks,
while the tomb itself is being placed in
the mausoleum. The sarcophagus (Which
the queen has presented to the ex-em-
press, and is to contain the princes cof-
fn) is already in its position at Farm
borough. Chicago Tribune.
, 1887-09-23

A dangerous counterfeit of the silver
dollar is made of ground glass combined
with tin, lead and other metals. Ex-
perienced bank tellers say they cannot
easily detect this counterfeit. These
glass dollars are brittle. If held in the
palm of the hand and raped vigorously
with a knife handle, the dollar is easily
split. They have the metallic ring of a
genuine dollar, are the correct size, and
of nearly the exact weight.-Philadel7
phia Call.
, 1887-09-23
Esktminzen Arrested.

FLORENCE, A. T., Sept. ga courier
arrived here at midnight from Sheriff
tryer's posse at Dudleyville and reported
the arrest OF Eskiminzen and his entire
band of Indians, without any trouble,
Wednesday forenoon. At the request of
Lieut.. Wason, fthe San Ca=los agency,
the examination of the prisoners will be
held at Dudleyville. All fears of trouble
are now allayed.
, 1887-09-23

CHICAGO, Sept 22.-Cattle-Receipts
1000; market steady; good, higher;
fancy, SIS 00(9 rs; shipping steers,
50. 1904. go; stockers and feeders,
81. 25(93.00 Texas cattle, 81 .25@3. 90:
Western rangers, 81. 00(93.7 rs.
S~heep-Receipcs 5000; natives, So. so
al Is; Western, SO. O0(93 IS; Texans
80. 35t4 80; lambs 81 25(45 rs.
, 1887-09-23

let that cold of YOURS run on. You think
it is a light thing. But it may run into
catarrh. Or into pneumonia. Or con
sumption.
Catarrh is disgusting. Pneumonia is
dangerous. Consumption is death itself.
The breathing apparatus must be kept
healthy and clear of all obstruc6ons and
offensive matter. Otherwise there is
trouble ahead.
All the diseases of these parts, head,
nose, throat, bronchial tubes and lungs,
can be delightfully."- and entirely cured by
the use of Boschee's German Syrup. Ii
you don't know this already, thousands
and thousands of people can tell you.
They have been cured by it, and know
how 1t is themselves" Bottle only rs
cents. Ask any druggist.
, 1887-09-23

Is essential to good health, but at this
season it is often lost, owing to the pow
erty or impurity of the blood, -derange
ment of the digestive organs, and the
weakening effect of the changing season.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is a wonderful medi-
cine for creating an appetite, toning the
digestion, and giving strength to the
, 1887-09-23
BuckIen's Arnica saIye

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi-.
lively cures piles, or no pay required. Ii
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price, 25 cents per
box. For sale by W. N. Hunt.
, 1887-09-23

Mr.. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums, al
lays the pain, cures wind collie. and is the
best remedy fer diarrhea. Twenty-Five
cents q bottle.
, 1887-09-23

n oAEon>c Blood Elixir is the only
SCON . Blood Remedy guaran-
iced. 1t is a positive cure for Ulcers, Erup-
tions or SyphiIitic Poisoning. 1t purifes the
whole system. and banishes all Rheumatic
and Neuralgia pains. We guarantee 1t.
DIR. w. N. Hunt.
, 1887-09-23
CLEAR LARE ICE

Cheyenne Transfer company-From
five pounds per day to a carload at a time
Reasonable reductions to large consumers
, 1887-09-23
L CHE.aPER.

STILL CHEAPER.
From this date Rinef q
johnson sUsU sell coal at a
reduction of S5 cents per
tom, making IL 1925, not
DsthSt an ding the increase
OfraiIrOad freight.
RIVER = JOHN SOW.
Cheyenne, Sept. 10. 1888.
Wedding and visiting cards in great
variety at the Leader office.
, 1887-09-23

1t is estimated that half the male p
lation throughout Christendom use to-
bacco.
, 1887-09-23
A Great Victory
A Terrible Case of ScrofuIa
Cured by
Hoods ~SarsapariIIa

"In the winter of 1879 I was attacked with
Scrofula in one of the most aggravating forms.
At one time I had no less than thirteen large
assesses over and around my neck and throat.
continually eIuding an offensive mass Of
bloody matter disgusting to behold, and
almost intolerable to endure. 1t is impossible
to fully describe my sufferings, as the case
was complicated with Chronic Catarrh. After
three years OF misery. having been treated by
three physicians, I was worse than ever.
Finally, on the recommendation of w. J..
Huntley, druggist, of Lockport, 1 was induced
to try Hoods S~arsaparilla. n now, after
having taken twelve bottles, within the last
twelve months, the scrofulous eruptions have
entirely ceased, and the assesses have ali
disappeared, except the unsightly scars, which
are daily. becoming smaller by degrees, and
beautifully less, I do not know what 1t may
have done for others, but I do know that In
effective specific indeed. AS an evidence Of
my, gratitude 1 send these facts unsolicited,
and 1 am ready to verify the authenticity OF
this cure, by personal correspondence with
any one who doubts it."- CHARLES A. ROB
ERTs, East Wilson, N. Y.
This statement Is confirmed by W. ]. Hunt
ley, druggist, of Lockport, N. Y, who calls the
cure a great victory for Hoods Sarsaparilla.
sendfor book giving statements ofmany cures.
Hoods SarsapariIIa
Sold by all druggists. 81 six for s5. Made
only by @. I. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar.
, 1887-09-23

2,l79 Prizes amounting o............-s $685., 900
Application for rates to clubs should be made
only to the office of the Company in New Or
leans.
For further information write clearly, giving
full address. Postal Notes, Express Money
Orders, or New York Exchange in ordinary
letter. Currency by express (at our expense)
addressed to
NJ. A. DAUPHIN, New Orleans, La.
o M. A. Washington. DC.
, 1887-09-23

Mining Location N
, 1887-09-23
LG&4H
CAPITAL PRIZE s15O,OOO.

" We do hereby certify that zoe supervise The ar
rdn0ementsTo for all The MonthlUdnd SENT AnntLd
drawings Of the LouiStdnu State Lottery Com
pdny, and in person manage and control the
Drawings hetnsetues, and that the sam e are con
Quoted i0tth honesty, Jdirless, and in good faith
tot0drd all parties, and zoe authorize the Com
pdny 10 use this certificate, Nth lacsfmiLeS of orr
siOndtiires attached in It's ndpeTtisements."